Rep. Cabanilla under fire over non-profit

A $200,000 grant request was submitted to the legislature by state Rep. Rida Cabanilla on behalf of the Ewa Historical Society. Cabinilla is on the board of directors of the non-profit. Her son is vice president.

The grant application states the Society wants to hire landscapers to cut the grass at the Ewa Plantation Cemetery, also known at the Memorial of the Pioneer Cemetery.

"It was community demand," Cabanilla said.

But the city already pays a contractor to cut the grass once a month. The Ewa Beach Lions club also has regular volunteer cleanup days.